The evening world., 1887-10-26
FIGS N THlSTLES.

The entire revenue Of the postmaster at Browns
Vile, Kan. last year amounted to only IS cents.
The Farwells. of Chicago, who have the con-
tract for building the Texas Capitol, saved SITE. 900
by purchasing the iron and steel for the huge
structure in England.
A Justice Of the Peace in San JosS, Cal. has
surpassed the record Of the clergyman who mar
ried himself by oficially certifying an &C
Acknowledgement Of his own signature TO q mort
gage.
James Buero, q fisherman of Sequel, Cal. re-
Gently caught in his net the largest sea turtle ever
seen on the coast. 1t was eight feet long from Its
nose to the tip Of its tail and weighed fully J., 900
pounds.
A merchant of Merrill, Wis. has adopted q
novel and successful method of advertising. He
took his old white cow, p~lastered her over from
head to heels with advertisements, and set her at
large In the streets Of the town.
Miss Anna Larner died at Bulltown, KY, last
week at the age Of los years. She was q remarkably
vigorous old lady. She had never been sick q day
after she reached maturity. and never had to use
glasses. Her memory remained unimpaired up to
the day Of her death.
A resident Of Sumter, Ga. was driving q mule
through the streets when the breeze caught up q
big piece Of blue paper lying in the gutter and
whirled 1t directly before the animals face. The
mule started back in terror, tremblsd violently,
and then fell over dead.
Jennie Gibson, q handsome girl of seventeen,
living at Arkwright, N. Y, is almost totally blind
by day, but at night she can see as well as any one.
As far as her organs Of sight are concerned she is
q human owl, and the doctors, speaking scientin-
cally, call her q nyctalops.
Augustus 81. Gaudens, the sculptor, whose
statue Of Lincoln was unveiled in Chicago last Sat-
urday Is the son of a French shoemaker on Fourth
avenue, in this city. His artistic education was
acquired against the wishes Of his father. who de-
sired to have him follow the cobbler's trade.
The girls in the department of manual training
at the st. Paul High School have demonstrated
that they can saw q board as well as q man can.
Thirty-six Of them gave an exhibition of their
skill TO an admiring audience, and they also drove
countless nails without once hammering theiE
thumbs.
As Willie Allen was going out at the front gate
Of his fathers residence the other evening he laid
his hand on the gate to open 1t and felt something
soft there. Then to his horror he saw q big moe
casin snake draw back Its head as II to strike. He
hammered the reptile with his umbrella and
Killed 1t.
The Oldest Consul OF the United States in con.
tinuous service is Mr.. Horatio ]. sprague, who wai
appointed to the Consulate at Gibraltar in 1sAs,
f~orty-one years ago. He seems to be o fixture,
but his once is apparently not q s~inecure, for his
salary is only 81 500 q year, while his expenditure
In maintaining the once is 81, 900 annually.
Gov. Bodwell, of Maine, took out a life insur.
ance policy OF $40, 900 some years ago, and, In
stead Of making 1t payable to his wife. announced
that he had had 1t written "for the benent Of SOM
OF his deserving friends" The policy is still In
force, and many q young man in Maine Ia won
dering whether the lightning viii strike him wheI
the Governor dies.